Railroad-tie.



W. G. WELT.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.15, 1913 1 ,071 ,674. Patented Aug; 26, 1913.

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W. G. WELT.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLIOATIOR rum) MAB.15, 191s.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

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' Fzya -wuzutom IV Mums V WILLIAM C. WELT, 0F AIL-BIA, 10-

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Au 26, 3% if 3.

Application filed March 15, 1913. Serial No. 754,437.

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iprcsem invention relates to in'iprove n l-nits in melsllie ties for railr ads, and lo rai clamps associated with the said ties.

lie improvement resides in he constrno lion, combination and operakve arrange moni of perls sw't forth in the following descrip ion and winning '1 an; the scope of the lll'ilk'ihlifil Clilllr lo 110 rlrmvingj: Figure l 1 view in }Ti!i}}i""ii-i, illustrating rails supported upon imprmrd tie, Fig, 2 is a central lringil .al serl'ionnl view ihrough the lie, Fig a transverse seciionnl View upon of Fig. 2, Fig. 4- is a similar n i we} view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, ig. is av perspective View of the removable a nber of the clamp, and Fig. 6 is a riewof the blank from which the sliding clamp is formed In reducing my im rineinent to practice. l contemplate the employment of a shell .l :neted of some suitable metal and A is reclnng'ler or square in cross secii 1:. The shellls of length corresponding :rpnroximerely with [he lengths of the ordiwooden ties for rails, and the said zell comprise a casting or may be conynqtwl of ii single piece of IllQifil which is ml to the proper s ape and which may i'is ends Conner: ,il in any desired or iii-ed immner. To reinforce the shell 1, -ovi le 5 lonqi'rnr ine-ily extending memwhisrh arranged within the tie and Zen (comprises n central web 2- having its ilitl. and lower e 'lges formed will: heads I rind 4 respe iii The seeds are arat an si'isrle from llze opposite sides li e "web, and may have their edges seii ithe {torn-ere of the shell 1, or the .wriniforciog element may be formed in -vith the shell The heads 3 and 4 r nv arranged in angular relation 7 s, il'ifllj is, ooth of the wings for imi are disposed at opposite angles a er and from the weh. The

s ut with the 311119! 'ther ihe top with the member.

sments i; for i wing is a roll base flange-engaging li the shell is permitted a, certain :irnoiinl elasticity, which permits of a give in rails, so that the same will not snap or be come broken when the rolling slocl; pa ses over the portions of the rails secured in ilic The upper face, which may be des gnated by the numeral 5, of the tie is pro vided adjacent ils opposite ends with inkgrally formed. inwardly inclined members which are disposed transversely of the tie and which provide engaging lips for (no miter longitudinal edges of the base flanges of the rails R.

The numeral designates the sli lirlilo clamp members which are adapted to eonot. with the lips 6 for sustaining the rails upon the tie. The clamps 7 may be, and preferably are, constructed of a single piere of suitable material, and comprise each a top 8 of a, width corresponding with the width of the tie, said tic being provided with downtnrned flanges 9, and the said flanges being inturned to provide tongues 19 which are disposed Within the elongated longitudinally arranged openings 11 provided in the sides of the said ties, adjacentthe ends of said ties. The top is preferably slit-ted at its juncture with its sides, the said slittedportion being upturned to provide a 12-. The top of the lie provided, ad acent its ends. and forward of its lips G with elongated openings 13 and disposed Within the tie and adapted to rest within the channel, provided, by the upper face of the reinforcing men]; her and the oppositely inclined wings c'ornring the upper head of said lQlIlEOX'CQl'IlG-Ill', is a threaded rod 14 which has its inner extremity upset and passing t-lirougl'ilhc opening 13 and sec-tired to the top member of the clamp 7. The tie is further pr igled, upon its top face and between its ends and lips 12 with openings 1.5 lihro which extend the upper portions of mi: which engage with the tllrended'rozls ll. By such an arrangement, it will be noted that the sliding clamp 7 may be readily drawn toward the lip 6 to cause the lip of the elei'np to tightly engage with the inner base flange of the rail and to force the outer base flange into tight engagement with rlie lip 6 when the nutslfi is rotated upon the rod 14 in one direction, and further, thsi when the nut is rotated in an opposite di rection, the clamp 7 will be drawn away from the lip 6 to permit (if the removal =2 the rails iron) the ties. It will be further noted that by constructing a tie as above described, an exceedingly strong device may be manufactured which will provide the'desired amount of elasticity to the rails and which, further, may be constructed ,extremely light in weight, so that the same can be readily-handled. V c

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is:

1. A rail tie comprising an outer metallic shell, an inner reinforcing member for the shell, said member comprising a web having oppositely arranged heads, said heads being connected with the inner corners of the tie, and means associated With the tie for sustaining the rails upon the tie. l

2. A rail tie comprising an outer cross sectional rectangular shell, a reinforcing member centrally arranged within the shell, said member comprising a web having its opposite edges formed with heads, the said heads being arranged at angles from the web and having the longitudinal edges secured to the inner corners of the tie, and means associated with the tie for retaining the rails upon the tie.

3. A tie comprising a metallic shell, 9.

and heads comprising oppositely disposed angularly arranged Wings which have their longitudinal edges secured to the corners of thetie, and rail engaging members 'associated with the tie, and rail engaging means associated with the tie.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM c. WELT.

Witnesses: D. W. BATES, EMMA PORTER.

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